Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

When Chu Yao and Prince Qing left, Liuli and the others were already sitting in the house of the fish stall owner's first wife. This house was more dilapidated than the mother-in-law's house, perhaps because no one helped, and taking care of a fool made life more difficult.

"There is no tea or drinks at home to entertain you. You can only drink plain water."

A woman carried a tray of hot water and placed it on the table in the middle of the room. There was only this one room in the whole house, and everything inside was visible.

"Have you always lived here?"

Zhen Luo frowned, this living environment was too harsh.

"Yes, it has always been here. Originally this was a two-bedroom house, but when my husband ran away, he left us nothing, so we had to sell the house to the neighbor next door. His family wanted to expand the house because they were getting married. Although I have been able to earn some money over the years, it is not enough to support my mother and me. Now we have to rely on the rent we paid for. In a few years, when the rent is gone, I don't know how I will survive."

The woman spoke of the misery of her life, but there was no crying on her face. Instead, there was more indifference, or perhaps disappointment in life. She stared at the glass of water in front of her with lifeless eyes.

"Um...We came here today to ask you who your man had been with before."

"Who have you ever interacted with? They are all bad friends, useless men. They don't know how to do anything else except discussing how to torture their wives. Now those who should move away have moved away. Although the place we live in is remote, it is in Tai'an City after all. Food and clothing are all expensive."

"Then you haven't thought about moving away?"

"No, in my situation, it doesn't matter where I move. At least I have a place to live now."

The woman saw that the water in the glass cup was finished, so she stood up and added some more for her.

"Thank you."

"He used to be an idler, and the family's income was sporadic, so we often quarreled about it. Then one day, he suddenly said that he had taken over a big business, and he would be very successful, and he would no longer have to accept my help. Then he left home the next day and never came back."

"Just disappeared?"

Zhen Luo couldn't believe it. Is he still a man? He just abandoned his wife and children when something good happened?

"Ah."

"Then do you know where he went? Or do you know what he went to do?"

"I don't know about that, but when he came back on the last day, he smelled of alcohol, but not too much. He must have gone to a restaurant for a banquet. His mouth was full of oil, but he didn't smell of makeup. It wasn't a brothel or something like that."

"You are quite observant."

"Oh, what women worry about is their husbands having someone else outside. But now, there is no husband at all. The next time I saw him was ten years ago. Suddenly someone asked me to identify the body. They said he was dead. But the body had no face. The face had already rotted away."

"Then how do you confirm that the body is your husband's?"

"He had a broken leg before. I told the government and they said they sent a coroner to check and indeed there were signs of a broken leg, so I believed it."

"They lied to you. Your man was not dead. He just changed his identity."

"..."

The woman was silent for a moment.

"It doesn't matter. He is as good as dead here. It doesn't matter whether it's true or not."

Liuli nodded, and they were silent for a while. After a while, Liuli stood up and said

"There's nothing else to do, so we won't bother you anymore."

As she spoke, she took out a small cloth bag from her body, which contained some small change. She put it down without saying anything else and signaled Zhen Luo and the others to leave together.

Upon seeing this, the woman quickly caught up with Liuli and stuffed the cloth bag into her arms.

"These things are of no use to me now. Even if you can help me once, you can't help me for a lifetime. But I am still very grateful to you. Unfortunately, there is not much I can do to help you."

After saying that, he said goodbye to Liuli and the others and went home.

The three of them were walking on the way back, not knowing what to say. It was getting dark, Zhen Luo and Yun You thought about sending Liu Li back first, and then they would go back to their own homes. We didn't walk very far before we met Prince Qing and Chu Yao on the road. It turned out that the two of them were worried that the three girls would be in danger walking on the road at night. To be more precise, it was Prince Qing who was worried about them.

"Zhen Luo and Yun You both know martial arts, there's nothing to worry about..."

Chu Yao muttered quietly. Although he was telling the truth, compared with the gentleman of King Qing, Chu Yao looked a little "stingy". He was only thinking about how Xiao Zuochen was doing.

After exchanging the information they got today, several people discussed who would send whom home. After some mutual shirking, Yunyou sent King Qing back, and Zhen Luo sent Liuli. Originally, King Qing planned to send Liuli back first, and then he would go back to the mansion. But Liuli once again proposed that King Qing sending her back would affect his reputation. Although these people did not mean to look down on Liuli, and Liuli herself did not see herself clearly, in this kind of society, three people make a tiger. So after everyone's discussion, Zhen Luo had to send her back.

Chu Yao followed him, but he was already lost in thought.

When Prince Qing returned to his house, it was already dark. Princess Qing had already finished her dinner. It seemed that because she had been eating out frequently recently, Princess Qing gradually stopped waiting for him.

"Your Majesty, did you not have dinner?"

Baili Qing was a little surprised. On normal days, if the errands needed to be done until very late, Prince Qing would definitely dine out with Prince Yun and the others.

"Sixth brother is busy, so there is no one to dine with you tonight."

Baili Qing nodded and ordered people to serve some easily digestible and light food.

"It's not easy to eat too much at night, please eat less, Your Majesty~"

Baili Qing was indeed concerned about Prince Qing's health, but she also sincerely did not want Prince Qing to become fat like some officials.

"Ah."

When the King of Qing had nothing to do before, he always ate on time. He had never eaten so late as today. He had no problem with Baili Qing's words. She had always arranged his food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he trusted Baili Qing very much.

"Your Highness did not bring me along on your errand today. It's very tiring for you to be away. Bring me along tomorrow. If there are any small things you need, let me run errands."

"It's okay, in fact. Besides my sixth brother, there are other friends who can help."

"Oh? Who are they? Do I know them?"

"Liu Li is the one who planned the pension issue I told you about last time. She is a talented person, and I want her to be my staff member~"

When Baili Qing first heard the name, his first reaction was that "Liuli" meant a girl. But when he heard that the King of Qing wanted him to be his staff, he thought he had made a typo.

"There is also Chu Yao, who is outspoken, highly skilled in martial arts, very close to my sixth brother, and a very good person."

"Hmm~ The people around His Royal Highness Prince Yun must not be ordinary people."

Well, judging from the name, he seems to be a man.

"Sixth brother's guards are also here, so you don't have to worry about me getting tired. If anything happens, they will take action first."

"But Yun Wei? I heard that Yun Wei is the number one guard beside King Yun."

"No, it's a girl. You should have seen her. She's pretty good at martial arts. After all, she's one of Sixth Brother's people. She can fight ten people at once."

King Qing seemed not to notice Baili Qing's expression. She twitched a little when she heard Yunyou, but she quickly adjusted herself.

"Well, then I am relieved. It is getting late, Your Majesty, please go to bed early today. I am also tired, so I will go back to my room first."

After that, Baili Qing bowed and left. King Qing did not think much about it, because he was also very tired today, and thought Qing'er was really tired. But Baili Qing's expression after turning around was extremely dark, and he kept twisting his handkerchief on the way back, as if he was going to tear it apart.

She knew that Yun You must be there! Otherwise, why would Prince Qing come back home later and later? Prince Yun was really something. He was so busy, but he insisted on keeping that woman by Prince Qing's side. He said he wanted to support Prince Qing, but he had already planted his own spies around him. How amazing!